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MDCCCXCIII. 




%\^t Constitution 



t)Octetp of ^on0 of ttje laetjolution 



38B=Xaw6 anO TReglstci 



Cl)e Jotoa ^ocietp. 



DAVENPORT; 

EDWARD BOKCHERDT, PRINTER. 
MDCCCXCIII. 






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General ^ocietg ^ons of t&e laetiolution. 



ORGANIZED, 

Washington, D. C, April 19, 1890. 
[New York Societv Instituted February 22, 1876. j 



Guncrnl Presidenl. 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, - - Washington, D. C. 

Of the Disti-ict of Columbia Society. 

Hon. WILLIAM WAYNE, - - Paoli, Pennsylvania. 

Of the Pennsylvania Society. 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 

1 1 1 Wall Street, New York City. 

of the New York Society. 
General Assistant Secretary. 

TIMOTHY MATLACK CHEESMAN, M. D., 

46 E. 29th Street, New York City. 

Of the New York Society. 
General Treasurer. 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 

710 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Of the Pennsylvania Society. 
General Assistant Treasurer. 

ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON, 

78 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. 

Of the District of Columbia Society. 
General Ckaftain. 

Rev. DANIEL CONY WESTON, D. D., 

2 Rutherford Place, New York City. 

Of the New York Society. 



^ons of t\}t iaetjolution 



^tate of 31otDa. 



Instituted Aprii. 19. ibgo. 



OFFICERS. 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D.D. (Oxon.), LL.D., D.C.L., 

Bishop of Iowa. 

Virr. Prtvidpni . 

SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, Davenport, low*. 

.S» r» eiat \ 

EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, Davenport, Iowa. 

TrtaJMrcr. 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, Davenport, Iowa. 

Chaplain . 

Rt. Rev. CHARLES REUBEN HALE, D.D., LL.D., Cairo, Illinois. 

Bishop of Cairo. 

Hti;iilyar and Historian. 

The Ven. Archdeacon 
SAMUEL ROOSVELT JOHNSON HOYT, D. D., Davenport, Iowa. 

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BoARi> or Ma.va(,krs 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, 

SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, 

EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, 

ESEK STEERE BALLORD, 

Rt. Rev. CHARLES REUBEN HALE, 

SAMUEL ROOSVELT JOHNSON HOYT, 

JAMES MADISON DeARMOND, 

CHARLES WHITAKER, 

WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, 

JOHN ELY BREADY, 

HARVEY SMITH SHELDON. 



UnHiUAlES 3(1 I HI'. UH.Sh.HAL ^^Cn,. : L 1 i 

Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, 
EDWARD SEYMOUR HAMMATT, 
SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH, 
WILLIAM PERRY BRADY, 
ESEK STEERE BALLORD. 

Alternates. 
SAMUEL ROOSVELT JOHNSON HOYT, 
JAMES MADISON DeARMOND, 
JOHN HUBBARD STURGIS, 
JOHN ELY BREADY, 
HARVEY SMITH SHELDON. 



Constitution 




<25eneral ^ocietp of tfje %ons of tbt Hetiolution. 




BEING evident, from a steady decline of a proper 
celebration of the National holidays of the United 
States of America, that popular concern in the events 
and men of the war of the Revolution is gradually- 
declining, and that such lack of interest is attributable, not so 
much to the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing flood of 
immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect on the 
part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes to perform their 
duty in keeping before the public mind the memory of the 
services of their ancestors and of the times in which they lived; 
therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution has been 
instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men, who, in the 
military, naval, and civil service of the Colonies and of the 
Continental Congress, by their acts or counsel, achieved the 
independence of the country, and to further the proper cele- 
bration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, 
and of prominent events connected with the war of the Revo- 
lution; to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, records 
and other documents relating to that period; to inspire the 
members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their fore- 
fathers; and to promote the feeling of friendship among 
them. 



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THE General Society shall be divided into State Societies, 
which shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor 
in their respective By-Laws, and oftener if found expedient; 
and at such annual meeting the reasons for the institution of 
the Society shall be considered, and the best measures for 
carrying them into effect adopted. 

''P HE State Societies at every annual meeting shall choose 
i- a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a 
Treasurer, a Chaplain, and such other ofificers as may by 
them respectively be deemed necessary, and a Board of 
Managers, all of whom shall retain their respective positions 
until their successors are duly chosen. 

L ACH State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually 
-^■' or oftener to the other State Societies, a circular letter 
calling attention to whatever may be thought worthy of ob- 
servation respecting the welfare of the Society or of the gen- 
eral union of the States, and giving information of the officers 
chosen for the year; and copies of these letters shall also be 
transmitted to the General Secretary to be preserved among 
the records of the General Society. 

PHE State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting 
-•• their own affairs, consistent with the general good of the 
Society; judge of the qualification of their members or of 
those proposed for membership, subject, however, to the pro- 
visions of this Constitution; and expel any member, who, by 
conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a man of honor, or by any 
opposition to the interests of the community in general or of 
the Society in particular, may render himself unworthy to 
continue in membership. 

T N ORDER to form funds that may be respectable, each 
^ member shall contribute upon his admission to the Society 



and annually thereafter, such sums as the By-Laws of the 
respective State Societies may require; but any of such State 
Societies may provide for the endowment of memberships by 
the payment of proper sums in capitalization, which sums 
shall be properly invested as a permanent fund, the income 
only of which shall be expended. 

'PHE regular meeting of the General Society shall be held 
i every three years, and special meetings may be held upon 
the order of the General President or upon the request of two 
of the State Societies, and such meetings shall consist of the 
General Officers and a representation not exceeding five 
deputies from each State Society, and the necessary ex- 
penses of such meeting shall be borne by the State Societies. 

\T THE regular meeting, a General President, Vice-Presi- 
dent, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assist- 
ant Treasurer, and Chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of 
the votes present, to serve until the next regular general 
meeting, or until their successors are duly chosen. 

A T EACH general meeting the circular letters which have 
i\ been transmitted by the several State Societies shall be 
considered, and all measures taken which shall conduce to the 
general welfare of the Society. 

'HE General Society shall have power at any meeting to 
admit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and deter- 
mine all questions affecting the qualifications for membership 
in or the welfare of any State Society as may by proper 
memorial be presented by such State Society for considera- 
tion. 

ANY male person above the age of twenty-one years, of 
good character, and a descendant of one who, as a mili- 
tary, naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, in actual 



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service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or 
States or of the Continental Congress, and remaining always 
loyal to such authority, or a descendant of one who signed 
the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as a member 
of the Continental Congress or of the Congress of any of the 
Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the 
authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in 
the establishment of American Independence by services 
rendered during the war of the Revolution, becoming thereby 
liable to conviction of treason against the government of 
Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of 
the Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the 
Society. 

' I '^HE Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the 
I General Secretary a list of the members thereof, together 
with the names and official designations of those from whom 
such members derive claim to membership, and thereafter 
upon the admission of members in each State Society, the 
Secretary thereof shall transmit to the General Secretary in- 
formation respecting such members similar to that herein 
required. 

'j^HE Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge 
1^ suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold; the badge to be 
elliptical in form, with escaloped edges, one and one-quarter 
inches in length, and one and one-eighth inches in width; the 
whole surmounted by a gold eagle, with wings displayed, 
inverted; on the obverse side a medallion of gold in the 
centre, elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of a 
soldier in Continental uniform, with musket slung; beneath, 
the figures 1775; the medallion surrounded by thirteen raised 
gold stars of five points each upon a border of dark blue 
enamel. On the reverse side in the centre a medallion cor- 
responding in form to that on the obverse, and also in gold. 



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bearing on its face the Houdon portrait of Washington in 
bas-relief, encircled by the legend, "Sons of the Revolu- 
tion;" beneath, the figures 1883; and upon the reverse of the 
eagle the number of the badge to be engraved; the medallion 
to be surrounded by a plain gold border, conforming in 
dimensions to the obverse; the ribbon shall be dark blue, 
ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and one-half inches 
wide, and one and one-half inches in displayed length. 




' OBVERSE.*' 




j HE insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members 
-*- on all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated 
purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of 
ceremony; it shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, 
but members who are or have been officers of the Society 
may wear the insignia suspended from the ribbon around the 
neck. 



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nj'^HE custodian of the insignia shall be the General Secre- 
-»■ tary, who shall issue them to members of the Society 
under such proper rules as may be formulated by the General 
Societ)', and he shall keep a register of such issues wherein 
each insignia issued may be identified by the number thereof. 




np HE seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths 
•'■ inches in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a 
Minute-man in Continental uniform, standing on a ladder 
leading to a belfry; in his left hand he holds a musket and an 
olive branch, wliilst his right grasps a bell-rope; above, the 
cracked Liberty Bell; issuing therefrom a ribbon bearing the 
motto of the Society, Exegi monunientuin arc perennius ; 
across the top of the ladder on a ribbon, the figures 1776; 
and on the left of the Minute-man, and also on a ribbon, the 
figures 1883, the year of the formation of the Society; the 
whole encircled by a band three-eighths of one inch wide; 
thereon at the top thirteen stars of five points each; at the 
bottom the name of the General Society, or of the State 
Society to which the seal belongs. 



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a\ occasions other than the meetings for any stated pur- 
pose or celebration, members may wear a rosette of the 
prescribed ribbon and pattern in the upper button-hole of 
the left lapel of the coat. 

1TIE Treasurer shall procure and issue the rosettes to 
- members. 

''IHE following being a fac-simile of the same, which shall 
1 not exceed fifteen millimeters in diameter: 




Bp'ILatDS of tl)e 3lotDa ^ocietp. 



ARTICLE I. 



IRiine of SocletB. 



THIS Societ}- shall be known by the name, style, and title 
of "Sons of thi: Revolution" in the State of Iowa. 



ARTICLE II. 

a6ml9Slon of BUembexs. 

C CANDIDATES shall send their written application ap- 
' proved by two members, with documentary or other 
proofs of qualification for membership, to the Secretary, who 
will submit the same to the Board of Managers, and upon 
a favorable report from said Board and payment of the in- 
itiation fee, said applicants shall become members of the 
Society. 

ARTICLE III. 

gnnbB. 

T^E initiation fee shall be three (3) dollars; the annual dues 
i- two (2) dollars. The payment at one time of twenty-live 
(25) dollars in addition to the initiation fee shall constitute a 
life membership. The payment at one time of one hundred 
(100) dollars shall constitute a perpetual or endowed member- 
ship, and upon the death of the member so paying the 
membership shall be held by the eldest son, or such other 
descendant from the ancestor from whom he claims descent 
as he may nominate; in failure of such nomination having 



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been made, the Society ma)- decide which one of the de- 
scendants shall hold the membership; provided akvays, that 
the Society reserves to itself the privilege of rejecting any 
nomination that may not be acceptable to it. All those 
holding life or endowed memberships shall be exempt from 
the payment of annual dues. 

ARTICLE IV. 

permanent JFunO. 

ALL life and endowed membership fees, as well as dona- 
tions which shall hereafter be paid the Society, shall 
remain forever to the use of the Society, of which the interest 
only shall be used. 

ARTICLE V. 
annual /BScetlnfi. 

r[E annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the 
nineteenth day of April, at which time a general election 
of officers by ballot shall take place, except when such date 
shall fall on Sunday, in which event the meeting shall be held 
on the following day. In such election a majority of the 
ballots given for any officer shall constitute a choice; but if, 
on the first ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then 
a further balloting shall take place, in which a plurality of 
votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. 
Special meetings shall be held by direction of the Board of 
Managers, or upon the written request of three members of 
the Society. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Ofllcete. 

rlE officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice- 
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar and His- 
torian, a Chaplain, and a Board of Managers, namely: the 
above named officers, ex-officio, and five others. 



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ARTICLE VII. 

duorum. 
T ALL meetings of the Society four members shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE VIII. 



pceetdent. 

I'^ HE President, or in his absence the Vice-President, or in 
the absence of both a chairman pro tempore, shall preside 
at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. 
He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of 
order, subject to an appeal to the Society. The President 
shall be, cx-officio, a member of all committees. 



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ARTICLE IX. 
Secrctan?. 
HE Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of 
the Society. He shall notify all members of their elec- 
tion and of such other matters as may be directed by the 
Society. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of in- 
corporation, By-Laws and records of the Society, and shall 
issue certificates of membership. He, together with the pre- 
siding ofificer, shall certify all acts of the Society. He shall, 
under direction of the President or Vice-President, give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, 
and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records 
of all the proceedings and orders of the Society; and shall 
give notice to the several ofificers of all votes, orders, resolves, 
and proceedings of the Society affecting them or pertaining to 
their respective duties. He shall have charge of all printing 
and publications directed by the Society or by the Board of 
Managers. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Managers, 
and shall keep the record of their meetings in the regular 
minute-book of the Society. 



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ARTICLE X. 

Sceaeurec. 

THE Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securi- 
ties of the Society; and so often as those sums shall 
amount to one hundred (lOO) dollars they shall be deposited 
in some bank in the City of Davenport to the credit of "The 
Iowa Society Sons of the Revolution," and shall be drawn 
thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the 
Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as 
may be ordered by the Society, or by the Board of Managers. 
He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, 
and at each annual meeting render the same to the Society, 
when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 
He shall give such security as shall be required by the Board 
of Managers. 



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ARTICLE XI. 

Gbaplain. 

HE Chaplain shall perform such duties as ordinarily ap- 
pertain to such office. 



ARTICLE XII. 
Deeistiar and f>i0tocun. 

I^'HE Registrar and Historian shall keep a roll of members 
and in his hands shall be lodged all the proofs of mem- 
bership qualification, and all the historical and other papers 
of which the Society may become possessed; and he, under 
the direction of the Board of Managers, shall make copies 
of such similar documents as the owners thereof may not 
be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the 
Society. 



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ARTICLE XIII. 

JBoarC of Aanaflera. 
'P HE Board of Managers shall consist of eleven, namely: the 
i President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar 
and Historian, and Chaplain, ex-ojficio, and five other mem- 
bers, at least three of whom shall not be residents of the City 
of Davenport, and all of whom shall be elected at the annual 
meeting. They shall elect their own chairman. In case of a 
vacancy in any of these offices, the Board may fill the same 
until the next election. They shall judge of the qualifica- 
tions of the candidates for admission to the Society, and, 
upon the recommendation of the Committee on Admissions, 
shall have power to elect the same to membership. They 
shall have charge of all special meetings of the Society, and 
shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings at any 
time, upon the written request of three members of the 
Society, and at such other times as they see fit. They shall 
recommend plans for promoting the objects of the Society, 
shall digest and prepare business, and shall authorize the 
disbursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in 
the treasury for the payment of the current expenses of the 
Society. They shall generally superintend the interests of 
the Society, and execute all such duties as may be committed 
to them by the Society. At each annual meeting of the 
Society they shall make a general report. At all meetings 
of the Board of Managers four members shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE XIV. 
Commtttce on aomtseloiis. 
HE chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint 
annually three members thereof as a Committee on Ad- 
missions, whose duty it shall be to pass upon the qualifications 
of applicants for admission to the Society, and report to the 
Board of Managers. 



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ARTICLE XV. 

OrL>er ot 33iialncsi?. 

Meeting called to order by presiding officer. 

Prayer by Chaplain. 

Reading minutes of previous meetings not previously 

acted upon. 
Election of officers, and Managers when necessary. 
Report of Board of Managers. 
Reports of officers. 
Reports of committees. 
Unfinished business. 
New business. 

Reading of the preamble to the Constitution. 
Closing prayer by the Chaplain. 



ARTICLE XVI. 
amenOmcnto. 
\ • O ALTERATION of the By-Laws of the Society shall be 
-N made unless such alteration shall have been proposed at 
a previous meeting, and shall be adopted by a majority of the 
members present at any meeting of the Society, five days' 
notice thereof having been given to each member. 



50ember0l)tp l^oll. 



No. of 
Elecled. Insignia. 

1890. Ballord, Esek Steere, 835 

Great-grandson of Private Zaccheus Ballord (1731- 
1800), in Captain Jeremiah Kingsley's Company, 
Colonel Jonathan Holman's Regiment from Prov- ' 
idence, Rhode Island; afterwards thirty -seven 
months in Captain Moore's Company, Colonel 
Sheperd's Regiment, 4th Massachusetts, Conti- 
nental Foot, at the surrender of Cornwallis. 

1892. Ballord, John Oilman, 

Great-great-grandson of Private Zaccheus Ballord 
(i 731-1800), in Captain Jeremiah Kingsley's 
Company, Colonel Jonathan Holman's Regiment 
from Providence, Rhode Island; afterwards thirty- 
seven months in Captain Moore's Company, 
Colonel Shepherd's Regiment, 4th Massachusetts, 
Continental Foot, at the surrender of Cornwallis. 

1890. Barker, Oscar Augustus, 

Son of Colonel Samuel A. Barker, Colonel of rst 
Connecticut Regiment in Wade's Brigade, and 
detached as aide-de-camp to Major- General 
Marquis De La Fayette. 

1890. Bradv, William Perry, 

Great-grandson of Captain John Brady, 12th Penn- 
sylvania Rifles, Continental Army, 1776, Colonel 
William Cook commanding. 

A/so, grandson of John Brady, Jr., unenlisted, who, 
at the age of fifteen, fought by the side of his 
father in the battle of Brandywine, at which both 
fell wounded. 



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No. of 
Elected. InsigDia. 

1890. Breadv, John Ely, M. D., 

Great-grandson of Private John Ely. Colonel Par- 
son's 6th Connecticut Rifles. 

Also, great grandson of Captain Ezra Lee, in action 
at the battles of Monmouth, Trenton, and Brandy 
wine. 



1892. Barhydt, Theodore Wells, 

Great-grandson of Private Jerome Barhydt, New 
York Line. 

1892. BuFORD, Clarke Howe, 

Great-grandson of Captain Edward Howe, served 
in Harry Lee's Light Horse until the close of the 
war. 

Also, great-great-grandsc n of Surgeon John Julian, 
Continental T,ine from Virginia, 1776-1783. 

1890. Butts, James Edward Perry, 

Great -great -grandson of Lieutenant Abel Perry, 
Continental Line, Massachusetts 32d Regiment, 
Continental Foot. 

1891. Cook, Ira 

Son Oil Captain Ebenezer Cook, Corporal in Captain 
Thomas Williams' Company, Colonel Peterson's 
Regiment Massachusetts Minute Men, 1775; 
Lieutenant in Captain Ezra Whittelsey's Com- 
pany, 3d Regiment Berkshire County Militia. 

1890. Cooke, Reverend Eleutherous Jay, 

Cireat-grandson of Private Caswell, of Continental 
Line, New York, under Arnold and Montgomery 
at the Siege of Quebec. 



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No. of 
Elected. Insignia. 

1892. CoRBYN, Reverend Joseph Ingoldsby, 

Grandson of Private William Corbyn, Connecticut 
Militia. 



1892. De Armond, James Madison, 

Grandson of Private Michael De Armond, Company 
B, 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, in battle 
of Long Island. 



1892. Dyke, Eugene Beauharnais. 

Great-grandson of Private Samuel Dyke, Jr., in 
Captain John Bart's Company, at Rutland, Ver- 
mont, 1779, and in Captain Benjamin Cox's 
Company of Rangers, Major Eben Allen's De- 
partment; also, in Captain Peter Page's Company, 
Lieutenant Eben Walbridge's Regiment, 1781. 

Also, great-grandson of Private Stephen Luddington, 
Captain Brinckerhoff's Company, Colonel Brinck- 
erhoff's 2d Regiment, New York Line. 



1890. Grant, Honorable James, (Died March 14, 1891.) 
Grandson of Private Matthew Carey Whitaker, in 
General Nathaniel Green's Army; wounded at the 
battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina. 



189 1. Griswold, Hurlbut Edward, 

Great-grandson of Sergeant Hopestill Welch, Cap- 
tain Lacey's Company, Colonel Swift's Regiment, 
Connecticut Line, 1776-1781. Also in marine 
service on board galley "Washington." 

Also, great-grandson of Major Giles Pettibone, 
Connecticut Militia, 1777, present at surrender 
of Burgoyne. 



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No. o( 
Elected. Insignia. 

1891. Hale, Right Reverend Charles Reuben, D. D., 

LL. D., Bishop of Cairo., 774 

Great-grandson of Gideon Hale, Member of General 
Assembly, Connecticut, 1 782-1 785. 

Also, great-grandson of Private Jedediah Mills, in 
Captain Clark's Company, 8th Regiment (Colonel 
Huntington's) Connecticut Line, 1775. Also in 
Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Walcott's Regi- 
ment, Connecticut State Troops. 

Also, great-grandson of Captain Charles Seymour, 
Lieutenant in ist Regiment, Connecticut Line; 
afterwards Captain in nth Regiment, Connecti- 
cut Line, Colonel Belding commanding, 1777. 



1890. Hammatt, Edward Seymour, 627 

Great-great-great-grandson of Roger Sherman ( 1 7 2 1 - 
1793), Member of Continental Congress from 
Connecticut, Signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, Connecticut. 

Also, great-grandson of First Lieutenant Edward 
Rumney (1745-1808), in Captain William Popkin's 
Company, Colonel Richard Gridley's Regiment, 
Massachusetts Continental Line, 1775. 

Also, great-great-grandson of Oliver Phelps (1750- 
1809), Deputy Commissary (i 776-1 777) on the 
staff of General H. Champion, Commissary Gen- 
eral of the Continental Army. 

Also, great-grandson of John Culver, Private in 
Sussex County, New Jersey Militia, during the 
Revolutionary War. 



1890. Hazen, Edward Hamlin, 

Grandson of Private Benjamin Hazen, Colonel 
Warren's Regiment, in action at the battle of 
Bennington. 



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No. of 

Elected. Insignia. 

1891. HoYT, Archdeacon Samuel Roosvelt Johnson, D.D. 
Great-grandson of John Hoyt, Jr., Prize Master 
(under commission of Congress) of Stamford, 
Connecticut, Committee of Safety, Stamford, 
Connecticut, 1775, Legislative Assembly, 1777, 
Private in Captain Lyman's Company, Connecti- 
cut Militia in command of General Wooster. 

1891. Hoyt, Charles Lockwood, 

Great-grandson of John Hoyt, Jr., Prize Master 
(under commission of Congress) of Stamford, 
Connecticut, Committee of Safety, Stamford, 
Connecticut, 1775, Legislative Assembly, 1777, 
Private in Captain Lyman's Company, Connecti- 
cut Militia in command of General Wooster 

Also, grandson of Private Ebenezer Lockwood, in 
Captain Gregory's Company, New York Militia, 
1776, and Private in Captain Isaac Lockwood's 
Company, Sea-coast Guard, stationed at Stam- 
ford, Connecticut, 1781-1783. 

1890. Mead, Enoch, (Died December 6, 1892.) 

Grandson of Private Ebenezer Mead, Connecticut 
Continental Line, 1774. Also in 8th Company, 
7th Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, 1775, at 
siege of Boston, adopted as Continentals. Also 
in Captain Hobby's Company, Greenwich, Con- 
necticut, under General Wooster, 1776-1777. 

1892. Mee, Reverend Charles Brassington, 

Great-grandson of Private Aaron Putnam, 4th Con- 
necticut Regiment, 1 780-1 783. 

1892. MacKinlav, William Egbert Wheeler, 

Great -great -great -grandson of Captain Zebulon 
Southard (1745-1800), Dutchess County Militia, 
2d Regiment, Rondout Precinct, 1775. 



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No. of 
Elected. Insignia. 

1892. McElroy, Reverend Irving, 

Great-grandson of James Knapp (1762-1812), en- 
listed at Stony Point in Connecticut Line. 



1890. Perry, Right Reverend William Stevens, D. D. 

(Oxon.), LL. D., D. C. L., Bishop of Iowa., 314 

Grandson of Lieutenant Abel Perry, Continental 

Line, Massachusetts, 32d Regiment Continental 

Foot. 
A/so, great-grandson of William Stevens, seaman on 

Continental frigate "Boston." 



1892. Putnam, William Clement, 

Great-great-grandson of Private Stephen Putnam, 
Elisha Whitcomb's Company, Colonel Timothy 
Bedel's Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, 
1777-1778. 

A/so, great-great-grandson of Reverend James Cald- 
well, Chaplain in Colonel Dayton's New Jersey 
Regiment, also for a time Assistant Commissary; 
killed at the battle of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 
on November 14th, 1781. 



1892. Richardson, Stevens Perry, 

Great-grandson of Reverend Joseph Wheeler (1735- 
1783), Private in Captain Samuel Stone's Com- 
pany, Colonel William Prescott's Regiment, Mas- 
sachusetts Militia, Lexington Alarm, April 19th, 
1775; member of Massachusetts Provincial Con- 
gress. 

A/so, great-grandson of Reverend Cotton Mather 
Smith, Chaplain of Connecticut Regiment at 
Ticonderoga. 



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No. of 
Elected. Insignia. 

1890. Ross, HuiT, 

Great-grandson of George Ross, Signer of the 

Declaration of Independence, Delaware. 
Also, great-grandson of Stephen Hopkins, Signer of 
the Declaration of Independence, Rhode Island. 

1890. Salter, Reverend Wili.i.^m, D. D., 

Lineal descendant of Captain Mark Fornald, Pri- 
vateer Service from Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 
died from wounds at Boston, May 14th, 1779. 

1892. Salter, Richard Henry, Jr., 

Great-grandson of Ezekiel Williams, Commissary of 
Prisoners for Connecticut, 1777. 

Also, great-grandson of Reverend Joseph Wheeler 
(1735-1783)) Private in Captain Samuel Stone's 
Company, Colonel William Prescott's Regiment, 
Massachusetts Militia, Lexington Alarm, April 
19th, 1775; member of Massachusetts Provincial 
Congress. 

Also, grand-nephew of William Williams, Signer of 
the Declaration of Independence, Connecticut. 

1891. Spalding, Right Reverend John Franklin, D. D., 

Bishop of Colorado, 

Grandson of Jesse Spalding (^1760-1808), Private 
in Captain Asa Barnes' Company, called out to 
march to Manchester, July 13th, 1777. 

Also, great-grandson of Lieutenant John Spalding, 
of Captain Oliver Barois' Company, Massachusetts 
Provincial Militia, marched to Cambridge, April 
19th, 1775. 

1890. Sheldon, Harvey Smith, 

Grandson of Lieutenant Daniel Sheldon, original 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



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Elected. InsiRnia, 

1890. Smith, Samuel Francis, 

Great-grandson of Reverend Hezekiah Smith, D. D. 
(i 737-1805), Chaplain, Massachusetts T.ine. 

1890. Sturgis, John Hubbard, 

Great-grandson of Private John Codman, Indepen- 
dent Company of Boston Cadets, in service in 
Rhode Island. 

1891. Walton, Josiah Proctor, 

Grandson of Private Josiah Proctor (^1734-1826), 
wounded at the battle of "Bunker Hill." 

1890. Watkins, Charles S., 

Grandson of Sergeant Theodore Bellows, Captain 
P. Page's Company, Colonel Nichols' Regiment, 
New Hampshire State Militia, served at the de- 
fense of West Point, 17S0. 

1891. Watson, Reverend Samuel Newell, D. D., 

Great-great grandson of Surgeon James Newell, 
M. D., 2d Regiment, New Jersey Militia; in 
action at battle of Monmouth. 

1890. Whitaker, Charles, 

Great-grandson of Private Matthew Carey Whitaker, 
in General Nathaniel Green's Army, wounded at 
battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina. 

1891, Wolcott, Reverend Peter Cl.ark, 

Great-great-grandson of Joseph Wolcott, Lexington 
Alarm; afterwards Private in 6th Company, Gen- 
eral Wooster's ist Connecticut Regiment: re-en- 
listed in April, 1777, as a fifer in Colonel Living- 
ston's Regiment and ist and 3d Connecticut Line; 
honorably discharged December 31st, 1781. 



